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Purcellville is an incorporated town in Loudoun County, Virginia, and a major population and commercial center for western Loudoun's Loudoun Valley.

The land around Purcellville was first granted by Lord Fairfax in 1740, and the first known settler, James Dillon, arrived from Pennsylvania in 1764.

Purcellville's first recorded business was Abraham Vickers' ordinary, a tavern established in 1799.

The town is named for Valentine Vernon Purcell, an early storekeeper and postmaster whose business was known as Purcel's Store; the name Purcellville was officially adopted on July 9, 1853.

Purcellville was incorporated on March 14, 1908, and its streets retain many Victorian-era structures.

First public schooling came to Purcellville in 1883, while fires in 1900 and 1914 nearly wiped out the downtown business district.

The railroad was extended to Purcellville in 1874, and the Southern Railway built the Purcellville Train Station in 1891, a building that still stands.

When rail service ended in 1968, the old railroad right-of-way became the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park trail, whose western terminus is the Purcellville station.

The 2020 census counted 8,929 residents in Purcellville living in 2,986 households, up from 7,727 people in 2010.

Purcellville's public school students attend schools including Loudoun Valley High School and Woodgrove High School.